50 First Dates: Anterograde Amnesia And Memory

Anterograde Amnesia Anterograde amnesia is the process of not being able to form new memories; therefore, the person suffering from this disease can only remember memories from their past. People who suffer from anterograde amnesia are able to make new memories, but the following day they are unable to remember that memory. In the movie 50 First Dates, the main character, Lucy, has anterograde amnesia. Lucy and her father were in a car crash on October 13th and from that day on she can only recall up to the night before the accident. She cannot remember new memories. Every day when Lucy wakes up she believes it is Sunday, October 13th. She has no idea that the day she thinks it is occurred over a year ago. Lucy reads the newspaper every morning, and to keep her from becoming upset and confused her father printer hundreds of newspapers from the day of which the accident
When he shows up the following morning Lucy has no idea who he is and refers to him being a pervert. Once Lucy’s condition is explained to Henry he understands, but he still likes her. Every morning Henry goes to the diner and tries to get Lucy to eat breakfast with him. The one morning Henry had to experience something he’s never had to before. As Lucy was talking to Henry she noticed a police officer writing a ticket to put on her car since her plates had expired. Lucy ran outside to tell him it was a mistake but when she looked at the newspaper the man standing next to her was holding, she noticed that it was not October. Whenever Lucy discovers the real date her father and brother show her all of the newspapers of October 13th they have in the house. They then proceed to show her a binder full of newspaper clippings about the car accident, pictures of Lucy after the accident, and then they go and talk to her doctor so she can hear it from